Boost your confidence in teaching newcomer students!
The course, Instruction for Newcomer Students, gives you practical strategies to help you support and engage your newcomer students in the classroom.
Newcomer students—those who are just beginning their journey in the U.S. and its school system—face unique challenges as they adapt to a new country, culture, and language. These students bring incredible potential but need thoughtful support to overcome initial barriers and thrive in their new environment.
This course equips you with the tools and strategies to address the unique needs of newcomer students. From understanding their cultural adjustments to fostering an inclusive, supportive classroom environment, you’ll gain actionable insights to help these students shine.
Discover how to unlock their strengths, celebrate their progress, and guide them toward success as they transition into a new chapter of their lives. This transformative 15-hour course is designed to empower you to make a meaningful impact, ensuring every newcomer feels seen, supported, and ready to learn.
Exploring
Classroom Strategies
We'll explore instructional ideas and discuss strategies for approaching varying English proficency levels.
Addressing
Social & Emotional Needs
We will consider trauma informed instructional practices from experienced resources and discuss how to apply.
Expert
Coaching
Two personal online coaching sessions with an ELP expert
What do our newcomers students need before we dive into instruction?
This introductory course is designed to help you:
Understand the needs of newcomer students
Newcomers arrive in U.S. schools with a wide range of strengths and needs. They may come to your classroom understanding and speaking very little English or understand English well enough to not qualify for your school's English language development program. The cultural and academic adjustment is great. In this course, we will tackle the wide-range of strengths and needs by breaking it down and considering each individual student.
Create instructional ideas
This course offers you ideas for making your classroom newcomer-friendly by understanding cultural adjustments, considering the educational background and potential gaps, and addressing literacy levels through instructional strategies and more.
Consider Social and Emotional Needs
Newcomers have unique needs based on their background and life experiences. They are undergoing a significant transition. This course helps you to understand the social and emotional needs of our newcomer students and the impact this has on their educational goals.
Implement with Personal Coaching and Support
Get personalized guidance and support with two one-on-one online coaching sessions with an English Learner Portal expert. These sessions provide practical insights to help you confidently implement new ideas and make a lasting impact in your classroom.
This course offers 15 hours of professional learning, which is ideal for the classroom teacher new to working with or adjusting to teaching newcomer students. It is 100% online, self-paced, and asynchronous. Kelly Reider, founder of English Learner Portal, is the primary course facilitator and guide for answering your questions. Throughout the course, Kelly will introduce multiple experts to offer additional insights and strategies specific to newcomers, including family engagement, social and emotional factors, vocabulary strategies, strong start practices, and more.
When you complete the course, you receive two digital credentials - a digital certificate and a digital badge. These digital credentials are delivered via email that directs you to our digital credentialing platform. From there, you can access your credentials, print, save, share, post on your LinkedIn profile, add to your resume or professional website, send to your HR department or principal, and add to your professional portfolio...Document your dedication to continuous professional learning and growth!
This course also qualifies for 1 graduate credit through UMass Global for an additional fee of $75. Don't hesitate to get in touch with katie@englishlearnerportal.com for more information about graduate credit.
$397
The course guide provides an outline of the topics covered. Discover what you'll be learning and share with your school adminstration. English Learner Portal works with most tuition reimbursement programs. Contact your district office to confirm.